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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Surveillance aircraft deemed not affordable

CP-140 AuroraCanada's air force concluded almost two years ago that the Conservative government's plan to buy new maritime surveillance aircraft was unaffordable, leaving it little choice but to upgrade the existing fleet of 30-year-old Aurora surveillance planes, according to documents obtained by Postmedia News.

Defence Minister Rob Nicholson announced March 19 that four additional Auroras would be structurally overhauled and modernized, and that additional improvements would be made to another 10.

In total, Canada will operate a fleet of 14 Auroras, flying them until 2030.

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